Idaho Roads and City Notes From Pocatello Column
A letter column mix of local travel banter and city color. The writer jokes about rumors of libel suits, recounts a bear Lake trip, and praises Idaho roads versus Florida tourists. A Pocatello police tale and a poke at road attractions close the rambling memo to the Chamber of Commerce.
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A.E.C
Montpelier
Bear Lake
Bancroft
Pocatello
Logan Canyon
Utah
Paris
Weather Outlook Slight Showers With Little Temperature Change
A typical spring day was forecast for Monday with the weatherman predicting partly cloudy skies and a few scattered showers. Temperatures were expected to show little change.
Soviet imposes new travel restriction on British troops
In Vienna Russia ordered identity cards with photographs for all British army officers and men traveling by road between the British zone and Vienna. British and American spokesmen noted similar discussions previously without confirming broader application. Russia also demanded closing emergency automobile aid stations along the highway west of Berlin. American Maj. Gen. George V. Hays and British Maj. Gen. V. J. Westropp said they would comply.
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Vienna
Austria
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Berlin
George V. Hays
V. J. E. Westropp
Combined Services Division
Massacre Confirmed in Deir Yasim Attack near Jerusalem
Hussein Khalidi announced the Red Cross confirmed a massacre of 250 Arabs at Deir Yasim, where Irgun and Stern gang forces attacked at 4 30 a m. The raid killed many, including women, amid house to house fighting. Arabs recaptured Kastel briefly. Haganah claimed control later. Reinforcements to Mishmar Haemek battle reported as new fighting spread.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Hussein Khalidi
Arab Higher Committee
International Red Cross
Deir Yasim
Irgun
Stern Gang
Kastel
Haganah Organization
Haifa
Chinese Mob Demands Ouster of Communist Agitators in Peiping
A 5,000 strong mob of Chinese farmers and workers marched on two Peiping colleges on Sunday demanding the removal of alleged Communist agitators. They invaded Peiping National University grounds and wrecked rooms of professors said to back the student strikes.
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Peiping
Peiping Colleges
Peiping National University
New Look Clean Up Week Aims at Alleys and All
City residents are urged to join the Clean Up Week kickoff Monday in Pocatello and Alameda. In cooperation with the Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce POST photographers will document areas needing private and public effort to improve sanitation and appearance. The campaign targets alleys and darker places as well as tidy streets and yards.
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Pocatello and
Alameda
Pocatello
Pocatello the Beautiful
Gate City
The
POST
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Ory
Pocatello Clean Up Week Urges Broad Civic Campaign
The Jaycees and residents plan a week of downtown cleanup with each day focused on a civic task from industrial to garden work. Harold Ory calls for ongoing public and private effort beyond a single week to keep the town tidy and decent.
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Jaycees
Truman Gets Boost by Midwest Conference Endorsement
In Des Moines the 13 state Democratic Midwest conference voiced strong backing for President Truman inviting southern Democrats to join. Kansas national committeeman Carl V. Rice noted Kansas supports Truman and Eisenhower is not a candidate. The 14 attendees urged unity behind the party platform and candidates.
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Des Moines
Democratic Midwest
Truman
Carl V. Rice
Kansas
Eisenhower
Wallace Cohorts Urge Italy to Ignore U S Stand in Vote
Wallace supporters press a Philadelphia convention for a Wallace Taylor third party in 1948. About 400 members of the Wallace for president committee urge Italy to vote for its own candidates and oppose U S policy. They call for a national party, oppose universal service, and send cables to De Gasperi and Togliatti.
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Wallace
Italy
U.S
Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
U. S
Philadelphia
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Loy
Taylor
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Palmiro Togliatti
Communist Party
Delegates Continue Inter‑American Conference Amid Colombian Unrest
Delegates at the ninth Inter-American conference decided to continue talks, possibly in Bogota, despite a violent revolt in Colombia that left hundreds dead as a new coalition government imposed martial law. The unrest prompted evacuations and widespread looting, with authorities arresting two alleged Russian agents and reporting troops in control in major cities.
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Washington
Bogota
Radio program blackout hits Bergen show in Hollywood
Edgar Bergen completed his half hour broadcast as usual but no one heard it except in the auditor ium from which the program was transmitted. The NBC announcement blamed telephone line trouble for the outage and noted a similar brief loss during Jack Beare's earlier program. Both shows aired from NBC Hollywood studios on remote control hookups.
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Hollywood
Edgar Bergen
Auditoros
National Broadcasting Company
Jack Beare
Pocatello Postings urges cleanup drive help
Harold J. Read of the Pocatello Junior Chamber asks residents to contact the Idaho State Employment Service for spring cleanup assistance. He notes city officials civic clubs churches schools ISC and local media will aid in tidying the community with projects announced daily.
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Harold J. Read
Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
Read
ISC
Italian Campaign Goes Into Last Critical Week
In Rome the death toll in Italy’s April 18 election campaign rose to 13 as Communists push to show strength. A federal officer was killed in Pesaro during an arms seizure, and violence erupted in Turin and Naples as clashes between left and right supporters drew police reinforcements.
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Rome
Italy
Pesaro
Adriatic
Amerbcoli Blodelli
Labor Confederation
Sicily
Gorizia
Udine
Ministry of Interior
Christian Democrats
Turin
Naples
Meeting Aims to End 28 Day Coal Strike Dispute
Washington reports an emergency session between John L. Lewis Ezra Van Horn and Senator Bridges aimed at an 11th hour settlement of the 28 day soft coal strike. Miners await word on pension talks while court action and a Taft Hartley injunction loom over the dispute.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Styles Bridges
Lewis
van Horn
Bridges
UMW
Ing
New Hampshire
Joseph W. Martin
Goldsburg
Tom C. Clark
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Martin
Union Health and Welfare Fund
BYU Gathers Large Utah Art Collection in Provo
Brigham Young University in Provo reports its art collection has grown to more than 800 originals and 300 full size prints. Prof. B F Larsen, chairman of the art department, said the works focus on Utah subjects or by Utah artists.
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Provo
Utah
Brigham Young University
B. F. Larsen
Chicago schools join motor club driver training program
A Chicago Motor Club program expands to 123 schools as behind the wheel training. The lab president cites broad student enrollment and safety benefits across the city schools.
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Schools Aid Safety
Chicago
Chicago Motor Club
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